Centum Investment Management Team

Mr. James Mworia

CEO

Mr. James Mworia

CEO

Mr. James M. Mworia is the Chief Executive Officer of Centum Investment Company Limited and its subsidiaries since October 2008.

He has ﬁfteen years’ experience and is the recipient of many regional and international awards in recognition of his outstanding business leadership. The most recent of this was the Africa Business Leader of the Year award by the Corporate Council of Africa in Washington DC.

He is a CFA Charter holder, CPA (K), a Global Chartered Institute of Management Accountant, a holder of LLB from the University of Nairobi and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.

He is a Fellow of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu African Leadership Institute.

He is the Chairman of K-Rep Bank and a non-executive director of the Lewa Conservancy.

James Karoki

Commercial Director, Real Estate

James Karoki

Commercial Director, Real Estate

James Karoki joined Centum Group as Commercial Director in charge of Real Estate in December 2016. He is responsible for the development and commercialization of the Group's real estate strategy; with operationalization and commercial alignment of Two Rivers being his flagship project.

Mr. Karoki’s regional business development expertise spans more than 10 years growing some of Sub Saharan’s best retail destinations in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and having worked in Ghana and Nigeria.

He holds an MBA in Strategic Management from United States International University and is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers in the USA as well as the Middle East and North Africa regions.

Charlene Kavulani

Head, Group Risk

Charlene Kavulani

Head, Group Risk

A 34 year old mother of one who is a B-com Accounting graduate from the Kenyatta University and professionally holds the following credentials:

Risk Certification on ICAAP & Stress testing from the Frankfurt School of Business.

Certified Compliance Professional from by International Academy of Business and Financial management.

Certified Public Accountant (K).

Certificate in Banking from Institute of Banking and Business Communication.

Diploma in Information Technology from Kenya School of Professional Studies.

Charlene emerged as the 15th Top 40 under 40 Woman in 2015 by the Business Daily Newspaper.

She has over 10 years’ experience in Enterprise Wide Risk Management and a total of 7 years’ experience in banking.

She is a seasoned Risk and Compliance professional with proficiency in Strategic, Market, Liquidity, Operational, IT Security, Credit and Compliance risk management.

Her risk management skills have also been tested and seasoned through conducting risk assessments for projects, new and revamped products as well as ne and re-engineered processes.

She is currently serving as the Group Head of Risk in charge of Risk, Compliance & Internal Audit at Centum Investments Company Plc. This involves entrenching risk management to Centum subsidiaries and various business units. Prior to this, she was the Head of Enterprise Risk at Bank of Africa Kenya. She also was a Compliance Manager at BOA, where she set up the compliance function. Preceding this appointment, she served in various capacities in the internal Audit departments within Bank of Africa Kenya and I & M Bank.

Dr. Farai Shonhiwa

Group Strategy Director

Dr. Farai Shonhiwa

Group Strategy Director

Farai was appointed to lead the Group Strategy Office in August 2016. In the context of this role, she supports the Group CEO in driving Centum’s overarching business agenda, including leading the optimization of project delivery in line with the Group’s development strategy and ensuring operational oversight across the portfolio. She is also responsible for Investor Relations across the Group.

Farai joined Centum in November 2015 as Head of Healthcare, responsible for the development and execution of the Group’s healthcare investment strategy, a position she still holds.

Farai has extensive experience in corporate strategy, business development and operations. Prior to joining Centum, she held the position of CEO Executive Assistant at Life Healthcare Group, working closely with the CEO in the execution of his agenda, including driving key strategic initiatives within the business focused on growth and innovation. She was also a Senior Project Manager with global strategy consulting firm, Monitor Group, where she led teams in developing solutions to public and private sector client’s strategic challenges across a range of industries.

Farai holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MBChB from the University of Cape Town, and has completed Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) levels I, II and III. She is also a Tutu Fellow, and was voted a Distinguished Emerging Leader by the Womensphere Emerging Global Leaders Summit.

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Loise Gakumo

Legal Advisory & Company Secretary

Loise Gakumo

Legal Advisory & Company Secretary

Loise Gakumo Was appointed Chief Legal Advisor andCompany Secretary in August 2015.

She has 13 years’ work experience.

Prior to her appointment, she served as the Group Legal Manager.

Loise holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from UoN. She is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a Certiﬁed Public Secretary.

Fred Murimi

Managing Director - Centum Capital

Fred Murimi

Managing Director - Centum Capital

Fred Murimi was appointed to the position of Director for Centum Capital in August 2015. Prior to this he served as the Corporate Aﬀairs Director and Company Secretary for the Company.

He has over 12 years’ experience in the investment industry and is a Fellow of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu African Leadership Institute.

Centum Capital is the division of Centum Group charged with the responsibility of overseeing the execution of the Centum 3.0 strategy through the development of the investment grade opportunities in the eight sectors of focus.

Samuel Kariuki

Group Finance Director

Samuel Kariuki

Group Finance Director

Samuel joined the leadership team as the Group Finance Director in January 2016. Previously, he worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) where he rose through the ranks to an Associate Director and where he gained over 10 years of experience in financial advisory and management, audit and risk assurance.

He holds a Masters of Business Administration in Strategic Planning from Heriot-Watt University (UK) and a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University (UK). He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and a Member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya. He is also a Certified Information Systems Auditor and a Member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).